Metamora |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 15. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION |
Chapter 15.40. HOUSING STANDARDS |
Article XX. Retaliatory Eviction and Other Owner Offenses |
§ 15.40.556. Retaliatory eviction by owner.
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No owner or lessor shall evict or cause to evict or terminate the tenancy of a renter or lessee solely as retaliation because that renter or lessee makes a good faith complaint to the village or the Circuit Court of the county against the owner charging the owner with violation of this chapter or with violation of any warranty of habitability accruing to the renter or lessee from the owner. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
(Ord. 1977-14 § 20-1, 1977)